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Colin Powell's Life

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  • Colin Powell was born in
    Brooklyn
    Jamaica
    The Bronx
    Harlem
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  • When Colin was 3, his family moved to...
    Jamaica
    Washington, D.C.
    Harlem
    the Bronx
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  • As a child, Colin was self-contentious about his race.
    False
    True
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  • Luther and Maud Powell told their children that only ______ could lead to success.
    hard work and perseverance
    hard work and education
    perseverance and education
    hard work and church
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  • Perseverance means
    finding a way out of hard work
    having the best ideas
    finishing work fastest or earliest
    staying focused on goals
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  • Which has the most allure?
    a house full of porcupines
    a million dollars
    a job moving furniture
    $5
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  • A biography is a
    primary source
    secondary source
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  • Harlemites who moved to Hunts Point, the Bronx, felt they
    had moved up in the world
    had moved to a worse neighborhood
    had been degraded
    needed to move again soon
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  • Events in a biography are often presented in
    reverse chronological order
    order of importance
    chronological order
    random order
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  • The quotation, “It was just the way they lived their lives,” supports the idea that
    Powell was a C student.
    Colin's parents came from Jamaica.
    Colin's parents led by example.
    Not much was expected of the Powell children.
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  • to "play hooky" means
    to do well in school
    to skip school
    to catch each other with hooks
    to play all day at school
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  • Powell is described as being a ______________.
    smart
    lackluster student
    great student
    hardworking student
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  • By working hard, Powell achieved his ambition to attend Bronx High School of Science.
    False
    True
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  • When he graduated from high school, Colin said he wanted to be...
    a military leader
    a politician
    an engineer
    a civil servant
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  • Powell chose to attend City College rather than New York University because of
    where his parents went to college
    cost of tuition
    location
    prestige
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  • In college, Colin soon switched from studying engineering to...
    art
    geography
    geology
    military tactics
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